Posts Tagged ‘Explosion’
San Martin’s pipeline inferno
Authorities in central Mexico are blaming oil thieves for a massive oil pipeline explosion today. The explosion was apparently caused by thieves trying to steal crude oil, said Valentin Meneses,interior secretary for the state of Puebla, where San Martin is located. Investigators found a hole in the pipeline and equipment for extracting crude, Gurza said.…
Read MoreCanadian tourists killed in explosion in Mexico
An explosion at the luxury hotel Grand Riviera Princess on Mexico’s Caribbean coast killed five Canadians and two of the hotel’s employees plus injured fifteen other people. Among the dead reported is one child . Two US citizens and Mexican workers are less injured but two Canadian tourists are reported to be in critical conditions.…
Read MoreNew York explosion at nuclear power plant
At a power plant north of New York City a transformer exploded leading to an emergency shut down on one of its reactors .No one was injured on Sunday at the Indian Point plant in Buchanan ,an official of the plant reported. Jim Steels a spokesman for the plant says no radioactive materials leaked. Entergy…
Read MoreExplosion of Yemen bomb 17 Minutes away
One of the parcel bombs sent from Yeman headed for the United States was disarmed 17 minutes before it was to explode. France’s interior Minister Brice Hortefeux disclosed this information when he was speaking to France 2 television. Although he did not revile the source of the news or which of the two bombs he…
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